This study was conducted to test the effectiveness of proceduralized job guides in enabling placement of work experience students in allied health work stations requiring the performance of complex tasks. Phases of the study included: (1) establishment of work stations, which involved the identification of potential work station sponsors in San…

During the calendar year 1968, Boston College provided jobs for 783 students under the Federal College Work-Study Program. The jobs ranged from simple clerical to complex community service and computer operation positions, and every attempt was made to place students in positions related to the individual's educational experience and career goals.…

Senate Bill 642, passed by the California legislature in 1973, authorized the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to conduct a pilot program in cooperative education involving no more than five community college districts for a period of up to three years. Pursuant to the law, the Chancellor has included Coast, Hartnell, Pasadena,…

The work experience career exploration program (WECEP), a junior high school alternative education program for potential school dropouts, was implemented at Ben Franklin Junior High School in the Fargo, North Dakota, school district during the 1975-76 school year. Patterned after vocational education cooperative work experience programs, WECEP is…

The author describes his observations on Chinese society and education during his 1978 visit with the official delegation of United States educators. He notes what Americans would consider primitive facilities and programs, the tremendous problems of China's size and population, and the overriding influence of political concerns on education. (MF)

This article is a summary of the final report (ED 138 810) of a National Student Educational Fund Study, 1977, to identify the current state of the art of education and work programs at the postsecondary level and to make recommendations and provide information for planning. (MF)

Discusses work-education programs for special needs students, individualized education programs for handicapped learners, teacher-coordinator skills, and different types of work-education programs for special needs students as part of the regular related class. (MF)

Briefly describes the role of the work study coordinator, a special educator responsible for aiding the mentally retarded adolescent to reach his vocational goals, and suggests some areas of skill development that have not generally been included in pre-service training programs of the WSC but that are supplementary to those traditionally…

Both school year and summer activities of Oregon vocational agriculture teachers were identified and the number of working hours spent on each activity was tabulated. The study indicated that over half the teachers' professional work time was spent in activities outside the classroom, including project supervision, placement development, and work…

Suggestions for helping agricultural instructors organize and plan their activities are presented by identifying and prioritizing these activities in the following order: of equal importance are classroom instruction, supervised occupational experience, and Future Farmers of America (FFA) activities; second in priority is office management; and…

A work program is described that was designed for the brain-injured population. The program addresses cognitive abilities that may be affected by brain injury (orientation, attention, memory, sequencing and problem solving) and possible socioemotional changes (disinhibition, anger control, frustration tolerance, and emotional ability). Case…

Ohio's Work SITE Learning Model is the product of a national demonstration project for the integration of academic and vocational learning, funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The model is made up of three components: the connecting component, the school-based learning component, and the work-based learning component. This implementation…

The School-to-Work Opportunities Act (STWOA) of 1994 provides flexible funding and technical assistance to the education reform strategy known as the school-to-work movement, which offers a broad range of students work-based learning opportunities. In 1994, just before passage of the STWOA, the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation…

A study tested the claim that work-based learning can have positive effects on academic learning. Data were obtained through interviews with faculty, staff, students, and employers, and observation of classroom-based links to the work-based learning components at three sites involved in a work-based learning project. At the three sites, a total of…

Four basic steps in the planning phase of establishing a new program are detailed. (MU)